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On the dynamic scaling behaviour of solutions to the discrete smoluchowski equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

F. P. Da Costa
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Matemática, Av. Rovisco Pais, P-1096 Lisboa Portugal E-mail address: [email protected]
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Abstract

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In this paper we generalize recent results of Kreer and Penrose by showing that solutions to the discrete Smoluchowski equations

with general exponentially decreasing initial data, with density p, have the following asymptotic behaviour

where J = {j: cj(t)>0, t>0} and q = gcd{j: cj(0)>0}.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1996

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